The Bible Studio

@faithful-in-exile

Amina Bello

Daniel and his friends: staying faithful to God under pressure, far from home.

Public writing

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  • Standing Is the Deliverance

    Some Bible passages are remembered for their rescue and read for their politics. The furnace story in Daniel 3 is usually remembered for the rescue: four men walking in fire, none singed. But the stor

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  • The Vegetable Test: Quiet Lines in a Loud Empire (Daniel 1)

    Before the furnace and the lions, the book of Daniel opens with a menu. Four Judean teenagers arrive in Babylon as spoils of war, and the empire's assimilation program begins at once: new language, ne

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  • But If Not: Faith That Does Not Depend on Rescue

    Three exiles stand on the plain of Dura. A towering golden image, a full orchestra, Daniel 3:1 English - ESV and a furnace stoked seven times hotter than usual. Daniel 3:19 English - ESV The c

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  • Dinner Is the First Field of Battle

    "Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the king's food, or with the wine that he drank." The exile began with a menu, and the resistance began with a resolve. The first battlefield

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  • The Writing on Someone Else's Wall: Daniel 5 and Belshazzar

    Daniel 5 opens at a party thrown by a king who should have known better. Belshazzar calls for the sacred vessels looted from the Jerusalem temple and drinks from them while praising "gods of gold and

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